Tag: Lori Deschene/Tiny Buddha

Quotes April 15-17, 2025

Quotes courtesy of Lori Deschene/Tiny Buddha

“Rule your mind, or it will rule you.”
Buddha
 
 
 
 
“The real meditation is how you live your life.”
Jon Kabat-Zinn
 
 
 
 
“The place of true healing is a fierce place. It’s a giant place. It’s a place of monstrous beauty and endless dark and glimmering light. And you have to work really, really, really hard to get there, but you can do it.”
Cheryl Strayed
 
 
 
 
“Neuroscience research shows that the only way we can change the way we feel is by becoming aware of our inner experience and learning to befriend what is going inside ourselves.”
Bessel A. van der Kolk
 
 
 
 
“Our painful experiences aren’t a liability—they’re a gift. They give us perspective and meaning, an opportunity to find our unique purpose and our strength.” Dr. Edith Eger, The Choice: Embrace the Possible
 
 
 
 
“Shame is the intensely painful feeling or experience of believing that we are flawed and therefore unworthy of love, belonging, and connection.”
Brené Brown, Atlas of the Heart
 
 
 
 
“Pain is not wrong. Reacting to pain as wrong initiates the tangle of emotional resistance against what is already happening.”
Tara Brach
 
 
 
 
“Life doesn’t allow for us to go back and fix what we have done wrong in the past, but it does allow for us to live each day better than our last.”
Unknown
 
 
 
 
“When you can’t look on the bright side, I will sit with you in the dark.”
Unknown
 
 
 
 
“Being a good person doesn’t mean being a doormat… You can be kind, giving, and full of love, but that doesn’t mean you have to accept disrespect or allow your boundaries to be crossed.”
Unknown
 
 
 
 

Quotes March 18-27, 2025

Quotes courtesy of Lori Deschene/Tiny Buddha

“Your body is precious. It is your vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care.”
Buddha
 
 
 
 
“Rest and self-care are so important. When you take time to replenish your spirit, it allows you to serve others from the overflow. You cannot serve from an empty vessel.”
Eleanor Brownn
 
 
 
 
“There are no right or wrong decisions, only choices.”
Sanhita Baruah
 
 
 
 
“Contentment has more to do with a heart of joy as life unfolds than it ever will with a life filled with stuff.”
Kate Summers
 
 
 
 
“Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it.”
Brené Brown
 
 
 
 
“Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.”
Peter T. McIntyre
 
 
 
 
“I’ve found beauty in the whimsically ordinary.”
Elissa Gregoire
 
 
 
 
“Chance made us colleagues. Fun and laughter made us friends.”
Unknown
 
 
 
 
“Sometimes letting go is the ultimate act of love—both for the other person and for yourself.”
Unknown
 
 
 
 
“Listen to the wind, it talks. Listen to the silence, it speaks. Listen to the heart, it knows.”
Native American Wisdom
 
 
 
 

Quotes March 06, 2025

Quotes courtesy of Lori Deschene/Tiny Buddha

“We often block our own blessings because we don’t feel inherently good enough, smart enough, pretty enough, or worthy enough. But you’re worthy because you are born and because you are here. Your being alive makes worthiness your birthright. You alone are enough.”
Oprah Winfrey
 
 
 
 
“As they become known to and accepted by us, our feelings and the honest exploration of them become sanctuaries and spawning grounds for the most radical and daring of ideas.”
Audre Lorde
 
 
 
 
“Sit with it. Instead of drinking it away, smoking it away, sleeping it away, eating it away, or running from it. Just sit with it. Healing happens by feeling.”
Unknown
 
 
 
 
“Allow yourself to be bored a little. In our world full of distractions, create some space for nothingness.”
Unknown
 
 
 
 
“Don’t make yourself small for anyone. Be the awkward, funny, intelligent, beautiful little weirdo that you are. Don’t hold back. Weird it out.”
Unknown
 
 
 
 
Reminder:
“Grief never ends … But it changes. It’s a passage, not a place to stay. Grief is not a sign of weakness, nor a lack of faith. It is the price of love.”
Unknown
 
 
 
 

Quotes February 20, 2025

Quotes courtesy of Lori Deschene/Tiny Buddha

“Forgiveness is an action, which your mind can never understand. Your mind’s sole intent is to balance the books. In issues of morality, it only wants to get even. Therefore, practice forgiveness every day if only in trivial matters. This is an excellent way of tempering the mind and empowering the heart.”
Glenda Green
 
 
 
 
“I can respect any person who can put their ego aside and say, ‘I made a mistake, I apologize, and I’m correcting the behavior.”
Sylvester McNutt
 
 
 
 
“Can I sit with suffering, both yours and mine, without trying to make it go away? Can I stay present to the ache of loss or disgrace—disappointment in all its many forms—and let it open me? This is the trick.”
Pema Chödrön
 
 
 
 
“I learned that even though I have a very different personality from my parents, the way I treat my inner child is no different than how my parents treated me. I have unconsciously adopted some beliefs and habits from my parents. It’s as though they continue to live within me.”
Yong Kan Chan
 
 
 
 
“This is not where your story ends. It’s simply where it takes a turn you didn’t expect.”
Cheryl Strayed
 
 
 
 
“The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.”
James A. Garfield
 
 
 
 

Quotes February 09, 2025

Quotes courtesy of Lori Deschene/Tiny Buddha

“The most powerful thing you can do right now is be patient while things are unfolding for you.”
Idil Ahmed
 
 
 
 
“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.”
Joseph Campbell
 
 
 
 
“Our deepest calling is to grow into our own authentic self-hood, whether or not it conforms to some image of who we ought to be. As we do so, we will not only find the joy that every human being seeks—we will also find our path of authentic service in the world.”
Parker Palmer
 
 
 
 
“When we are kind to ourselves, we create inner conditions that make it possible to see clearly and respond wisely.”
Dr. Kristin Neff
 
 
 
 
“If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.”
Amit Ray
 
 
 
 
“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.”
Marcus Aurelius
 
 
 
 
Sometimes, healing doesn’t mean repairing what’s broken to its original state. Instead, it means clearing away what collapsed and discovering something new in its place—a friendship that can stand the test of time.
Robert M. Ford
 
 
 
 

Quotes January 27, 2025

Quotes courtesy of Lori Deschene/Tiny Buddha

“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.”
Alan Watts
 
 
 
 
“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.”
Dalai Lama
 
 
 
 
“The greater part of human pain is unnecessary. It is self-created as long as the unobserved mind runs your life.”
“The key is to be in a state of permanent connectedness with your inner body—to feel it at all times. This will rapidly deepen and transform your life.”
Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now
 
 
 
 
“Living with chronic illness isn’t a life half-lived; it’s an opportunity to redefine what it means to be truly alive, resilient, and whole.”
Christopher Reynolds
 
 
 
 
“Life is what happens while we’re busy worrying about everything we need to change or accomplish. Slow down, get mindful, and try to enjoy the moment. This moment is your life.”
Lori Deschene
 
 
 
 
“Expectations are premeditated resentments.”
Unknown
 
 
 
 
“Thank you for all the challenges that built my character. Thank you for all the hard times that made me appreciate the good times.”
Unknown
 
 
 
 

Quotes January 12-13, 2025

Quotes courtesy of Lori Deschene/Tiny Buddha

“Create a safe space within yourself that no one will ever find, somewhere the madness of this world can never touch.”
Christy Ann Martine
 
 
 
 
“It takes strength and self-love to say goodbye to what no longer serves you.”
Rumi
 
 
 
 
“We rescue people from their responsibilities. We take care of people’s responsibilities for them. Later we get mad at them for what we’ve done. Then we feel used and sorry for ourselves. That is the pattern, the triangle.”
Melody Beattie
 
 
 
 
“Some people are empowered by travel and some are inspired by the warmth of home. Some thrive in the spotlight and some feel called to support those who are on stage. Some people are comfortable half-dressed and cussing like sailors and others prefer modesty and gentleness. The thing is: we are all empowered and inspired in different ways, and it’s not our job to decide what that looks like for anyone else.”
Brooke Hampton
 
 
 
 
“Your greatest contribution to the universe may not be something you do, but someone you raise.”
Unknown
 
 
 
 

Quotes January 02, 2025

Quotes courtesy of Lori Deschene/Tiny Buddha


 
 
 
 
“I think this is the start of something really big. Sometimes that first step is the hardest one, and we’ve just taken it.”
Steve Jobs
 
 
 
 
“To define yourself is to limit yourself. Without labels you remain the infinite being.”
Deepak Chopra
 
 
 
 
“If you accept a limiting belief, then it will become a truth for you.”
Louise Hay
 
 
 
 
“It’s not about time, it’s about choices. How are you spending your choices?”
Beverly Adamo
 
 
 
 
“Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend.”
Lao Tzu
 
 
 
 
“Life doesn’t owe us anything. We only owe ourselves, to make the most of the life we are living, of the time we have left, and to live in gratitude.”
Bronnie Ware
 
 
 
 
“After a while, every couple will get bored. That’s why trying new things together is key.”
Unknown
 
 
 
 
“A leader leads by example whether he intends to or not.”
Unknown
 
 
 
 

Quotes December 16, 2024

Quotes courtesy of Lori Deschene/Tiny Buddha

“When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment it grows in, not the flower.”
Alexander Den Heijer
 
 
 
 
“Stay in the moment. The practice of staying present will heal you. Obsessing about how the future will turn out creates anxiety. Replaying broken scenarios from the past causes anger and sadness. Stay here, in this moment.”
Sylvester McNutt
 
 
 
 
“Part of the ingenuity of any addictive drug is to fool you into believing that life without it won’t be as enjoyable”
Alan Carr
 
 
 
 
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.”
Steve Jobs
 
 
 
 
“Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others.”
Brené Brown
 
 
 
 
“If you force yourself into forgiveness before fully feeling and moving through the layers of anger and hurt, it won’t be a clean and true forgiveness but rather a pseudo-virtuous form of bypassing and suppression.”
Cory Muscara
 
 
 
 
“If you love yourself, it doesn’t matter if other people like you because you don’t need their approval to feel good about yourself.”
“Take a little time to be amazed by something you won’t enjoy unless you consciously choose to focus on it. See the things you can’t see when you’re rushing. Hear the things you can’t hear when you’re stressing. Get so caught up in your senses that everything else seems to stop for a moment—because things don’t actually stop. So we have to be the ones who do it.”
Lori Deschene
 
 
 
 

Quotes December 01, 2024

Quotes courtesy of Lori Deschene/Tiny Buddha

“I have learned that the person I have to ask for forgiveness from the most is myself. You must love yourself. You have to forgive yourself every day. Whenever you remember a shortcoming, a flaw, you have to tell yourself, ‘That’s just fine.’ You have to forgive yourself so much until you don’t even see those things anymore. Because that’s what love is like.”
C. JoyBell C.
 
 
 
 
“Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence.”
Vince Lombardi
 
 
 
 
“The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.”
Nathaniel Branden
 
 
 
 
“A history of trauma can give you a high tolerance for emotional pain. But just because you can take it doesn’t mean you have to.”
Dr. Thema
 
 
 
 
“Narcissism is voluntary blindness, an agreement not to look beneath the surface.”
Sam Keen
 
 
 
 
“What you resist not only persists but will grow in size.”
Carl Jung
 
 
 
 
“The only thing you sometimes have control over is perspective. You don’t have control over your situation. But you have a choice about how you view it.”
Chris Pine
 
 
 
 
“No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another… A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.”
Amelia Earhart